Rapper Pays Homage To Late Singer
6:00AM ET December 26th, 2011
Contributor : Rayna Dean
A Rocky Williform Company

Young Money rapper Drake has expressed his admiration for late R&B star Aaliyah in numerous interviews in the past. The superstar took his admiration a step further this weekend--by having the "One In A Million" singer's face tattooed on his back.

The rapper displayed the new tattoo while playing tennis in a recent photo.

“I’ve never lost a parent, a friend, or a lover but I will never forget this day for the rest of my life," he wrote earlier this year in a letter dedicated to Aaliyah. "I remember getting the news that you had passed and it connected with my heart like a clean shot from Muhammad Ali. I was crushed.”